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Dexter

  • Season 04
  • Episode 09
  • Hungry Man

Dexter: Happy Thanksgiving!

“I should have killed you when I had the chance.”

  • S.04
  • Ep.08
  • 'Road Kill'

Dexter: A History of Violence

Trinity is cracking up, ready for another round of killing. 

  • S.04
  • Ep.07
  • 'Slack Tide'

Dexter: The Bigger Picture

A shocking turn in the case of the sleazy photographer turns this season upside down. 

  • S.04
  • Ep.06
  • 'If I Had a Hammer'

Dexter: Rub-a-Dub-Dub

Revelations about Trinity — in particular, his love of baths. 

  • S.04
  • Ep.05
  • 'Dirty Harry'

Dexter: Sign of the Crossroads

Dexter sees where he intersects with the enemy — and his family. 

  • S.04
  • Ep.04
  • 'Dex Takes a Holiday'

Dexter: Hunter Becomes the Hunted Becomes the Hunter (and So On)

Just when Dexter’s staycation looks to be treading familiar territory, it takes a turn. 

  • S.04
  • Ep.03
  • 'Blinded by the Light'

Dexter: Might As Well Jump

Hopefully the Trinity Killer will bludgeon his third victim soon so his mother issues can balance out Dexter’s daddy issues.  

  • S.04
  • Ep.02
  • 'Remains to Be Seen'

Dexter: The Father, Son, and the Trinity Killer

If you can't count on your family, who can you count on? 

  • S.04
  • Ep.01
  • 'Living the Dream'

Dexter Season Premiere: Infant Development

Has our show come down with Cousin Oliver syndrome? 

  • S.03
  • Ep.12
  • 'Do You Take Dexter Morgan?'

Dexter Season Finale Ominous for All the Wrong Reasons

This is the way the season ends: not with a bang, but a wedding. 

  • S.03
  • Ep.11
  • 'I Had a Dream'

Dexter: So, That Happened …

Is it considered a spoiler if you reveal a plot detail that everyone saw coming for weeks and weeks? 

  • S.03
  • Ep.10
  • 'Go Your Own Way'

Dexter: Attention, Emmy Committee …

We can't say we're loving this season, but ho boy, are we ever being treated to some tasty, grade-A acting. 

  • S.03
  • Ep.09
  • 'About Last Night'

Dexter: The Skinner Revealed!

This season has been all about Dexter's crash course in parenting. First, he learned he's going to be a dad. This week, Miguel emerged as his full-blown sulky wayward teenage son. 

  • S.03
  • Ep.08
  • 'The Damage a Man Can Do'

Dexter Suddenly Gets Stupid

This week we see a side of Dexter we haven't seen before: teacher. Also: moron. 

  • S.03
  • Ep.07
  • 'Easy as Pie'

The Best Episode of Dexter … Ever!

What does it mean to be a friend of a serial killer? Find out! 

  • S.03
  • Ep.05
  • 'Turning Biminese'

‘Dexter’: Cops, and Writers, Start Connecting the Dots

Dots one through four. 

  • S.03
  • Ep.04
  • 'All in the Family'

Dexter: Now Even Creepier!

Everyone suspects everyone else of not being quite what they seem.  

  • S.03
  • Ep.03
  • 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'

Dexter: But He Was Such a Nice Serial Killer

The show seems to be prepping for a complicated question: "Are you ready to dislike Dexter again?" 

  • S.03
  • Ep.02
  • 'Finding Freebo'

Dexter: Some Good News, and Some Bad News

This week's episode is titled "Finding Freebo," and the good news is, Dexter finds him and kills him, so now Freebo's dead. 

  • S.03
  • Ep.01
  • 'Our Father'

Dexter Season Premiere: Fresh Blood

There's a big, shocking, bum-bum-bum reveal at the episode's end, which constitutes a spoiler, so be warned! 

Schedule
Sundays, 9 p.m.
Showtime
Cast
Producers
Daniel Cerone, Sara Colleton, John Goldwyn
Debut
October 1, 2006
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